News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-01-13
STATE ITEM s

Franklin County has so we'll man
aged It's affairs as to have no county
tax in 1887.
st. Johnsbury has got the toboggan
craze and money is being raised to
build slide.
Hazen j. Batchelder of Waterbury
has just been granted patent for a
horseshoe machine.
According to the report of the in
ternal revenue bureau, 573 persons in
Vermont pay liquor-dealer's tax.
| Mr.. John Miller of Passumpsic,
who cut his foot badly few weeks
ago, died recently from the loss of
blood.
The American Institute of Instruc-
ton have voted to hold their annual
meeting at Burlington from the 5th to
the 9th of July.
c. Durieux of St. Johnsbury has
invented q new and less complicated
automatic weighing machine, and has
been offered $40, 200 for the right to
use IL IN Europe.
William f. Dian of Wheelock was
taken to St. Johnsbury, Tuesday,
charged with numbering his infant
daughter three years ago. The case
will soon be heard.
There has been subscribed 81, 200 of
the So. 500 capital stock of the Rutland
base ball association. The directors
wish to secure the amount at once, so
that players can be engaged.
Tue Hon. Frederick Billings of
Burlington has given $4,000 to the
Union theological seminary of New
York to endow a scholarship, and ST.
600 to the fund for Mrs. Gen. Logan.
The annual meeting of the Ver-
mont Woman's Suffrage Association,
will be held in the Methodist church.
Barton Landing, Wednesday evening
and Thursday, January II and Is.
About $1,000 has been subscribed
for the new Universalist church at
Rutland, but the society wishes TO
raise $4,000 before they begin TO
make arrangements about erecting a
building.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Merino Sheep Breeders association
will be held at town hall in Middle
bury next Wednesday at 10 A. M, and
free return checks will be furnished on
the Central Vermont railroad to those
Who pay full fare one way.
The prospect is that the corner
stone of the Bennington battle monu
ment will be laid on the next anniver-
sary of the battle, August 16. The
Vermont national guard are likely to
muster there, and the militia of other
states will be asked to take part in the
celebration.
George E. Garfield, for many years
travelling salesman for Winkley, Ores
ser & Co., and Knight, Adams & Co.
Of Boston, and well known as post
master at Bradford for nine years,
died suddenly the 9th, of heart dis
ease, aged 40. He leaves widow
and two children.
A singular case Of illness is report
ed from So. Londonderry, where Alice
Walker, II, and till lately school
teacher has been only partly con-
scious since the 21st. She has not
opened her eyes since that time, but
at times she recoveres consciousness,
talks freely, and eats sufficiently.
Her eyes seem set. She could move
about the house last week. She has
complained of pain in her spine and
head, and has been subject to these
spells for some time. The doctors do
not understand the case.
Two boys were fatally hurt and
others were badly injured while coast
ing down Gouger hill at Rutland
Wednesday afternoon. A big trav-
erse went down its icy hill carrying a
load of 20 boys. 1t attained a fear
full velocity and as it neared an iron
bridge a hind runner split through the
front of the traverse against the end
of the bridge and hurting the boys
down a ten-foot embankment on to
the rocks below. Johnnie Kingsley,
IL years old, struck on his stomach |
receiving fatal internal injuries, and
Cyril Gee, Is years old, had his skull
crushed in. Several others were Sc
verely bruised.
CHARGED WITH MURDER.